Infosys Sourcing & Procurement - Fact Sheet

The need for continued organizational success in today's competitive environment is forcing companies to look at
reducing costs and optimizing their spend. Sourcing & Procurement as a function is gaining importance across
organizations as a differentiator and a source of competitive advantage. This realization is reflected by the fact that
organizations are increasingly focusing on core procurement processes and strategic business areas, and the tactical
procurement processes are being outsourced to third party vendors.
Infosys BPO's Sourcing & Procurement Solutions are designed to provide transformational benefits across the entire
Source to Procure to Payment value cycle. Infosys procurement practice provides end- to-end integrated procurement
transformation solutions designed to deliver an optimal mix of competency, skills, tools and technology delivered
through a Global Operating Model.

Infosys Sourcing & Procurement Capabilities

• Sourcing & Procurement Expertise with over 1500+ man years experience
• Process 15 million PO line items per year for our client globally
• Spend Under Management of Approx $ 17 Bn
• Conduct Approx 2500 sourcing/e-sourcing events p.a.
• Sourcing & Procurement Academy in India & Poland-to provide procurement domain expertise in the BPO space

Infosys Sourcing & Procurement Solution

Sourcing Purchasing Payment

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Source to Pay External Helpdesk
Source to Pay Internal Helpdesk

Demand Category Management Negotiate & Performance

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Analysis Strategy Award Management
Validation

Category Management

Supplier Catalogue & Contract Tactical/ Low Receipt & Accounts

Adoption Content Management Value Buying & Invoice Payables/ T&E
Management Fulfillment Validation

Source to Pay Platform - Package Evaluation, Implementation, Integration, Hosting, Customization, Testing and Support
Spend Analytics

Telecom Expense Management

Managed Flex Staffing

Enterprise Data Enrichment Services/ Master Data Management

Low Cost Country Sourcing/ International Purchasing Office
 Win in the flat world

Infosys Sourcing & Procurement Advantage

Infosys BPOs Domain expertise, proven methodologies, and stringent quality systems, in the sourcing in the Sourcing and Procurement space
has allowed us to furnish differentiated services to our clients.
• Infosys assumes responsibility of end to end P2P process with an inbuilt spend
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Sourcing & Procurement academy

Higher Education Program
The Sourcing & Procurement academy is a unique initiative from
Infosys BPO. The academy imparts core procurement knowledge through training and certification programs for professional development in the
Procurement Outsourcing sphere. This Academy is aligned to the International Purchasing and Supply Chain Management (IPSM), an Institute
which has international recognition. This engagement also acts as a repository of Best Practices in the procurement horizontal across 3 levels;
The level based training plans covers end-to-end Procurement & Supply Chain Management domain knowledge.
The foremost aim of the academy is to ensure a pool of highly completive resource is available to carry out various challenges encompassing the
procurement field.

Success Stories from Infosys BPO’s Sourcing & Procurement Practice

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elivered savings to the tune of $42Million+ for our client through

Reduced cost of procurement for a client by 40% & Improved TAT by 45%

Global Presence About Infosys

North America Asia Pacific Infosys Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: INFY) defines, designs and delivers
Atlanta, Bellevue, Bridgewater, Bangkok, Beijing, Hangzhou, IT-enabled business solutions that help Global 2000 companies win in a flat
Charlotte, Detroit, Fremont, Houston, Hong Kong, Manila, Mauritius, world. These solutions focus on providing strategic differentiation and
Lake Forest, Lisle, New York, Phoenix, Melbourne, Shanghai, operational superiority to clients. Infosys creates these solutions for its
Plano, Quincy, Reston, Toronto Sharjah, Sydney, Tokyo clients by leveraging its domain and business expertise along with a
complete range of services.
Latin America India
Mexico, Monterry Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, With Infosys, clients are assured of a transparent business partner,
Chennai, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, world-class processes, speed of execution and the power to stretch their IT
Europe Jaipur Mangalore, Mohali, budget by leveraging the Global Delivery Model that Infosys pioneered.
Brno, Brussels, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Mumbai, Mysore, New Delhi,
www.infosys.com/bpo

Geneva, Helsinki, London, Milano, Pune, Thiruvananthapuram

Oslo, Paris, Lodz (Poland), Stockholm,
Stuttgart, Utrecht, Zurich

For more information, contact bpo_marketing@infosys.com

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